The Crime of Punishment, originally published in 1966, addressed the critical issue of crime in < s t 1 : c o u n t r y -region>America and how we punish criminals. Was the spread of violence in spite of our laws and courts or because of them and us? Dr. Menninger dissected the criminal justice system and concluded, “I suspect that all the crimes committed by all the jailed criminals do not equal in total social damage that of the crimes committed against them.”

 

Dr. Menninger, the esteemed psychiatrist, former chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Menninger Foundation in Topeka, and former senior consultant to the Stone-Brandel Center in Chicago, gave us a thoughtful manual 40 years ago that is highly relevant and seriously applicable to the criminal justice system today. Hopefully, by republishing this valuable lesson book, we will apply his teachings and correct the system of corrections.

 

New Leaf – New Life, Inc./Citizens for Effective Justice, which was instrumental in the republishing of this book, is a criminal justice reformation advocacy organization dedicated to transformational change. Visit www.citizensforeffectivejustice.org to learn about efforts across the country to implement Dr. Menninger’s ideas for a more effective criminal justice system.

 

This book is being republished with the permission of the Kansas Historical Society, curator of Dr. Menninger's archives.

Challenged to get up and change the world, Darnell Rutherford (Debt Man) came face to face with life altering issues that pushed him against his will to do just that... to change the world.  Although the judicial system in the form of the death penalty, which was ran by conscienceless authorities, was a rather complex subject to tackle on his own, Darnell rose to the occasion with much help from an encouraging Creator, loving family members, and a well respected media personality.

 

When you stand before the judge and hear the final rendered verdict regarding your life, will you reply "Justice has been done", or "Justice?  What Justice?"

The book is about fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and perjury. It takes you through the process of how Drumcree’s attorneys tried to manipulate the courts through deception to win a favorable verdict for their client. It talks about how Carter a young African-American single male working within upper middle class society was hit with two misfortunes. One the betrayals of a friend who profited from Carters hard work by taking advantage of and manipulating Carters position while Carter worked as a legal assistant in a law firm specializing in personal injury.

It shows how DRUMCREE, a medical professional tried to manipulate the court system to his advantage via his attorneys while stepping all over Carter to evict Carter from the townhouse they both shared an interest in. Drumcree attorneys believed Carter didn’t have the knowledge to fight back within the same court system. They Believed Carter would sit by and not answer the complaint and/or any other relevant papers that pertained to the case at bar. After filing a complaint for eviction with the Court Drumcree and his attorney withheld the complaint from Carter and did not advise Carter of the Complaint until the time to answer had run leaving Carter without a defense. Drumcree and his attorneys knew If the complaint is not answered in a timely manner would appear back in court and convince the judge to sign the eviction notice ex-parte. At the same time perpetrating perjury upon the court by telling the court that Carter deliberately didn’t answer the complaint and assuring the court that Carter got the complaint in time to answer but didn’t. By doing it this way they would have their ill-gotten order signed by a Superior Court Judge. Without an answer from Carter contesting the order before it’s signed by the Judge would make it a final decree. The only thing Carter would be able to do would be to file an appeal which would have taken some time and Carter would have been evicted in the mean time until his appeal was heard by a higher tribunal.

Two, Carter was trying to establish a Real Estate business by selling homes and not making the necessary capital to keep current with his bills. Carter fell behind in his mortgage payments.

By this time Drumcree had profited from Carters’ endeavors quite handsomely to the tune of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS before Carter left the law firm. The case takes on many twist and turns from State Court to the Federal District Court before it is adjudicated

The book is about fraud, deceit, misrepresentation and perjury. It takes you through the process of how Drumcree’s attorneys tried to manipulate the courts through deception to win a favorable verdict for their client. It talks about how Carter a young African-American single male working within upper middle class society was hit with two misfortunes. One the betrayals of a friend who profited from Carters hard work by taking advantage of and manipulating Carters position while Carter worked as a legal assistant in a law firm specializing in personal injury.

It shows how DRUMCREE, a medical professional tried to manipulate the court system to his advantage via his attorneys while stepping all over Carter to evict Carter from the townhouse they both shared an interest in. Drumcree attorneys believed Carter didn’t have the knowledge to fight back within the same court system. They Believed Carter would sit by and not answer the complaint and/or any other relevant papers that pertained to the case at bar. After filing a complaint for eviction with the Court Drumcree and his attorney withheld the complaint from Carter and did not advise Carter of the Complaint until the time to answer had run leaving Carter without a defense. Drumcree and his attorneys knew If the complaint is not answered in a timely manner would appear back in court and convince the judge to sign the eviction notice ex-parte. At the same time perpetrating perjury upon the court by telling the court that Carter deliberately didn’t answer the complaint and assuring the court that Carter got the complaint in time to answer but didn’t. By doing it this way they would have their ill-gotten order signed by a Superior Court Judge. Without an answer from Carter contesting the order before it’s signed by the Judge would make it a final decree. The only thing Carter would be able to do would be to file an appeal which would have taken some time and Carter would have been evicted in the mean time until his appeal was heard by a higher tribunal.

Two, Carter was trying to establish a Real Estate business by selling homes and not making the necessary capital to keep current with his bills. Carter fell behind in his mortgage payments.

By this time Drumcree had profited from Carters’ endeavors quite handsomely to the tune of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS before Carter left the law firm. The case takes on many twist and turns from State Court to the Federal District Court before it is adjudicated

& nbsp;          Sean O’Brien, author of THE TRIAL, is the pseudonym of an Irish Lawyer whose international clientele is predominately from the United States.  “Since a wee lad, I’ve been mesmerized by the Americans – their ingenuity, drive, achievements.  THE TRIAL has been written as a clarion wake-up call to these people who I’ve admired, respected, for so long.  Somewhere, somehow, they’ve lost their way.”

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          THE TRIAL, although fictional, is based upon a true case from the author’s files.  As he sees it, it is a microcosm of today’s American society and its troubled legal brotherhood.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          THE TRIAL opens in Elkhart County’s regional Courthouse in Goshen, Indiana.  Its eight-day proceedings are carried forward by Elsie Sherman, a local country woman, intimately associated with its participants.  Ann Michael de Moretti, the defendant, was her tomboy friend who became a European aristocrat;  Walter Wagner, the feisty defense lawyer was the third member of their childhood trio, the little Amish boy who grew up to be a legal legend.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          With a backdrop of greed and corruption THE TRIAL commences.  The area was agricultural and greatly peopled by “plain folk” sects until the 1950’s.  Then with cataclysmic consequences Elkhart County became the world’s industrial center for mobile homes-vehicles and one of the wealthiest regions in the United States.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          Ann Michael, the only surviving heir of a well-known, affluent local family has been defrauded of her heritage by her three nephews, the Askin Brothers (one, a lawyer). Battling through a morass of incredible evilness, Machiavellian manipulation and malfeasance the defense lawyer abruptly changes his course.  He calls for an adjournment seeking a series of surprise requests from the Judge.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          Shocking as are the revelations found within THE TRIAL should the reader be aroused to question, then the author will have achieved his aim.

In Chain of Custody, Matt Taggart is a hard working young associate attorney at a prestigious Washington, D.C. litigation firm. He is married with a one year old daughter. Matt’s day to day life is unremarkable until his father, a U.S. Senator, is killed in a small plane crash. Was his death a suicide or was he killed? Assisted by a woman investigator from the National Transportation and Safety Bureau, Matt begins his quest to learn the reason for his father’s death. During his investigation, Matt finds himself drawn into the corrupt world of defense contractors and the inter-workings of the Pentagon. As Matt gets closer to the answer, Matt must balance the work of his law firm, the ethical dilemmas of defending a large pharmaceutical company in a wrongful death case and his feelings for his wife as he becomes emotionally closer to the woman that is sharing his adventure. Throughout the story the reader is pressed to answer some questions. What would you do if a death was ruled to be a suicide but you didn’t believe the report? How hard would you look to find the truth? What would you do if you discovered a lie? Would your answer change if along the way anyone who knew the truth ended up dead?

Advanced Strategic Energy Inc are no longer welcome in the Niger Delta after the company was responsible for causing an environmental disaster on a massive scale. Local tribal affairs and pleas to stop polluting the region were senselessly ignored and now the top executives are in deep trouble. When an innocent lawsuit for racial discrimination is filed against the company by a former employee, Desmon Haynes, the plot takes a brilliant twist to connect the legal wrangle with the top oilmen to unravel the treacherous and murderous dealings undertaken during their ill-fated Nigeria operation. Sensationally, it also reveals another savage past in the most bizarre way; the details of such savagery would stun the whole of America and beyond! The reader is taken through a web of lies, deceit, murder and racial hatred as the oilmen try to cover up their past wrongdoings. Contract murders are in place and it's a race against time, for some it's a battle for life or death....

Advanced Strategic Energy Inc are no longer welcome in the Niger Delta after the company was responsible for causing an environmental disaster on a massive scale. Local tribal affairs and pleas to stop polluting the region were senselessly ignored and now the top executives are in deep trouble. When an innocent lawsuit for racial discrimination is filed against the company by a former employee, Desmon Haynes, the plot takes a brilliant twist to connect the legal wrangle with the top oilmen to unravel the treacherous and murderous dealings undertaken during their ill-fated Nigeria operation. Sensationally, it also reveals another savage past in the most bizarre way; the details of such savagery would stun the whole of America and beyond! The reader is taken through a web of lies, deceit, murder and racial hatred as the oilmen try to cover up their past wrongdoings. Contract murders are in place and it's a race against time, for some it's a battle for life or death....

& nbsp;          Sean O’Brien, author of THE TRIAL, is the pseudonym of an Irish Lawyer whose international clientele is predominately from the United States.  “Since a wee lad, I’ve been mesmerized by the Americans – their ingenuity, drive, achievements.  THE TRIAL has been written as a clarion wake-up call to these people who I’ve admired, respected, for so long.  Somewhere, somehow, they’ve lost their way.”

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          THE TRIAL, although fictional, is based upon a true case from the author’s files.  As he sees it, it is a microcosm of today’s American society and its troubled legal brotherhood.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          THE TRIAL opens in Elkhart County’s regional Courthouse in Goshen, Indiana.  Its eight-day proceedings are carried forward by Elsie Sherman, a local country woman, intimately associated with its participants.  Ann Michael de Moretti, the defendant, was her tomboy friend who became a European aristocrat;  Walter Wagner, the feisty defense lawyer was the third member of their childhood trio, the little Amish boy who grew up to be a legal legend.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          With a backdrop of greed and corruption THE TRIAL commences.  The area was agricultural and greatly peopled by “plain folk” sects until the 1950’s.  Then with cataclysmic consequences Elkhart County became the world’s industrial center for mobile homes-vehicles and one of the wealthiest regions in the United States.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          Ann Michael, the only surviving heir of a well-known, affluent local family has been defrauded of her heritage by her three nephews, the Askin Brothers (one, a lawyer). Battling through a morass of incredible evilness, Machiavellian manipulation and malfeasance the defense lawyer abruptly changes his course.  He calls for an adjournment seeking a series of surprise requests from the Judge.

& n b s p ; & nbsp;          Shocking as are the revelations found within THE TRIAL should the reader be aroused to question, then the author will have achieved his aim.

Challenged to get up and change the world, Darnell Rutherford (Debt Man) came face to face with life altering issues that pushed him against his will to do just that... to change the world.  Although the judicial system in the form of the death penalty, which was ran by conscienceless authorities, was a rather complex subject to tackle on his own, Darnell rose to the occasion with much help from an encouraging Creator, loving family members, and a well respected media personality.

 

When you stand before the judge and hear the final rendered verdict regarding your life, will you reply "Justice has been done", or "Justice?  What Justice?"

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